It's clear why Linklater and White would tackle something like School of Rock, enfolding both artists» affection for
professional outsiders married to the questioning of the system in a giant, sloppy embrace; the problem with the
picture is that nothing about it seems especially organic: the kids are cute, Black is cute, Joan Cusack is severe and cute, and the parents who want to kill Dewey come around in the end mainly because the narrative strictures of
stuff like this demands that they do.